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Freight Market Edges Out of Recession
The improvement in the world economy is at last having a positive effect on airfreight such that freighter lease rentals have stabilized. Operators are at last placing surplus capacity back into service. The focus of attention is clearly on the newer aircraft types which offer greater fuel efficiency but there…

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April 26, 2010
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Chapter 2 Values Slide into Oblivion
With the proposal for re-engining the A320 and B737NG families, the fate of Chapter 2 aircraft is finally sealed. The types have been increasingly forced from center stage for nearly a decade such that the majority of those aircraft that are listed as being in storage are of a Chapter…

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April 26, 2010
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A330-300 Experiences Resurgence
The A330-300 has actually managed to achieve what few types have succeeded in doing – the decline in values has not only increased but so too has the Aircraft Rating improved. Airbus has managed to continue to sell A330-300s at a time when the market was in the depths of…

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April 26, 2010
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Aircraft Asset Assessment: A330-300
Market Presence. Airbus has built a reputation around the use of the latest technology including envelope limiting computers, fly by wire and side stick controllers. Despite being designed in the 1980s, the A330 still is still viewed as contemporary though no match for the B787. Engines have undergone some upgrading,…

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April 26, 2010
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IATA Traffic Levels Continues To Provide Basis for Lease Rental Recovery
The recovery in traffic levels continues to provide an important foundation for the recovery of lease rentals. February traffic, in terms of RPKs (Revenue Passenger Kilometers) grew by a significant 9.5 percent compared to the same month in 2009 when traffic slumped by more than ten percent, a figure that…

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April 12, 2010
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Availability Levels Belie Real Surplus
The levels of availability continue to show relatively modest levels which can distort the perceived strength – or weakness - of the market. The number of aircraft actively being marketed today would seem to be at lower levels than during the depths of the market in 2002-2003. With a current…

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April 12, 2010
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Post Production A330-200 Freighter Conversion Provides Comfort for Residuals
While the A330-200 is still considered a premier widebody, and likely to remain so through to at least the arrival of the A350, there has to be an appreciation that the type has already been in production for 12 years and that a secondary market will have to be found…

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April 12, 2010
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Widebody Lease Rates Achieve Stagnation
Usually the term of stagnation confers negative connotations on an aircraft type. However, in the context of the torrid market conditions stagnation is positive, potentially signaling the start of an improvement in fortunes. The market for newer widebodies is improving although yet again there continues to be concern over the…

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April 12, 2010
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